On electrodynamics of rapidly moving sources
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✦ hep-th
gr-qc
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vacuumenergylosemovingrapidlysourcesapproachback-reaction
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Rapidly moving sources create pairs in the vacuum and lose energy. In consequence of this, the velocity of a charged body cannot approach the speed of light closer than a certain limit which depends only on the coupling constant. The vacuum back-reaction secures the observance of the conservation laws. A source can lose up to 50% of energy and charge because of the vacuum instability.
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